adaptability
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/
Noun
adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities)
- The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
- (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
Related terms
Translations
quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable
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variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions
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References
- adaptability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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